Life without Bon-Ton: Disaster or opportunity for Lehigh Valley malls?

By the time the sweltering heat of August gives way to September, Bon-Ton will only be a memory in the Lehigh Valley. The going-out-of-business sales will be done. The cash will be tallied. The stores will be swept clean.

But the chain’s presence — or lack thereof — will still be felt, in the form…